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US Lawmakers Want Sanctions On Any Country Taking In Snowden

Posted by samzenpus on from the come-on-home dept.

An anonymous reader points out this story about the latest effort by the U.S. to get Edward Snowden back in the country. "A U.S. Senate panel voted unanimously on Thursday to seek trade or other sanctions against Russia or any other country that offers asylum to former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for weeks at a Moscow airport. The 30-member Senate Appropriations Committee adopted by consensus an amendment to a spending bill that would direct Secretary of State John Kerry to meet with congressional committees to come up with sanctions against any country that takes Snowden in."

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  1. Re:Ugggh. by dmbasso · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    These clowns don't have anything more important to work on?

    Of course they have: try to repeal obamacare for the 41st time. If at first you don't succeed... [ anyone knows how much did these attempts cost so far? ]

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  2. Re:Hey US... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The USA is a bunch of cowards. They are bullies that only pick on smaller targets. USA don't have the balls to take on any country that will turn around and tell the wimps to fuck off, not without the might of Europe and Down Under backing them up.

  3. Re:Naming Names by jcr · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Have you considered switching to decaf?

    -jcr

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